Publication Type

Conference Proceeding Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

3-2023

Abstract

Virtual Reality (VR) can completely immerse users in a virtual world and provide little awareness of bystanders in the surrounding physical environment. Current technologies use predefined guardian area visualizations to set safety boundaries for VR interactions. However, bystanders cannot perceive these boundaries and may collide with VR users if they accidentally enter guardian areas. In this paper, we investigate four awareness techniques on mobile phones and smartwatches to help bystanders avoid invading guardian areas. These techniques include augmented reality boundary overlays and visual, auditory, and haptic alerts indicating bystanders' distance from guardians. Our findings suggest that the proposed techniques effectively keep participants clear of the safety boundaries. More specifically, using augmented reality overlays, participants could avoid guardians with less time, and haptic alerts caused less distraction.

Keywords

Visualization, Three-dimensional displays, Shape, User interfaces, Mobile handsets, Haptic interfaces, Safety

Discipline

Graphics and Human Computer Interfaces

Research Areas

Information Systems and Management

Publication

Proceedings of the 30th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR), Shanghai, China, 2023 March 25-29

First Page

631

Last Page

640

ISBN

9798350348163

Identifier

10.1109/VR55154.2023.00078

Publisher

IEEE

City or Country

Piscataway, NJ

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1109/VR55154.2023.00078

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